'''Trapani''' [http://www.regione.sicilia.it/] is a medium-sized city near the North-West corner of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]].

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'''Trapani''' [http://www.comune.trapani.it/turismo/index.htm] is a medium-sized city near the North-West corner of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]].

==Get in==

==Get in==

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===By plane===

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'''Vincenzo Florio Airport''' ({{IATA|TPS}}) [http://www.airgest.it/en/default.asp] also known as ''Trapani-Birgi Airport''

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The airport is served by Ryanair, Alitalia and Air One. Air One flies to Milan. Ryanair operate low cost routes direct to Trapani from [[Malta]], Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Poland, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Finland. Four Ryanair B737-800s are based in Trapani, meaning delays are shorter than average due to aircraft being based on site.

TPS airport is about 15km from the center of Trapani. There's a bus ('AST') that costs about €2, leaves every 45 minutes and takes about 40 minutes [http://www.aeroportotrapani.com/ita/arrivare.asp].

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Sometimes Ryanair attendants propose you to buy tickets for the bus on the flight. Don't even think of it — it’s much more expensive and inconvenient than AST buses.

===By train===

===By train===

Line 11:

Line 27:

Frequent buses run from [[Palermo]]. Less frequently they go to [[Marsala]], [[Mazara del Vallo]], [[Castelvetrano]] (for the ruins of [[Selinunte]]), [[Sciacca]], [[Agrigento]] and [[Segesta]].

Frequent buses run from [[Palermo]]. Less frequently they go to [[Marsala]], [[Mazara del Vallo]], [[Castelvetrano]] (for the ruins of [[Selinunte]]), [[Sciacca]], [[Agrigento]] and [[Segesta]].

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===By Boat===

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===By boat===

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Trapani is the port for frequent boats and hydrofoils to [[Egadi Islands]]. Nightly boats (and hydrofoils in summer) also run to [[Pantelleria]], with weekly (or so) ones to [[Tunis]]. See SIREMAR [http://www.siremar.it/] and Ustica Lines [http://www.usticalines.it]

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===By plane===

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Trapani has a small airport (TPS)[http://www.aeroportotrapani.com]. The airport is served by Ryanair, Meridiana and Air One. Meridiana fly to the island of Pantelleria, Air One (Lufthansa) to Rome. Ryanair operate low cost routes direct to Trapani from [[Malta]], Italy, France, Brussels, Holland, Germany, Austria, Poland, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden. Four Ryanair B737-800s are based in Trapani, meaning delays are shorter than average due to aircraft being based on site.

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Trapani is the port for frequent boats and hydrofoils to [[Egadi Islands]]. Nightly boats (and hydrofoils in summer) also run to [[Pantelleria]], with weekly (or so) ones to [[Tunis]]. See '''SIREMAR''' [http://www.siremar.it/] and '''Ustica Lines''' [http://www.usticalines.it]

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As of May 2010 the following routes were served by Ryanair. Trapani [TPS] to/from:

TPS airport is about 15km from the center of Trapani. There's a local bus ('AST') that costs about EUR2, leaves every 45 minutes and takes about 40 minutes [http://www.aeroportotrapani.com/ita/arrivare.asp].

*<do name="Lido San Giuliano beaches" alt="Trapani's Main beach" address="Lungomare, Trapani" directions="1km North of the City Centre" phone="" url="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128369585727" hours="" price="" lat="" long="">Trapani has two main beach areas. Lido San Giuliano lies about 20 minutes walk from the busy city centre and many of the rental apartments. San Giuliano features a couple of bars, changing rooms, sun-loungers, umbrellas and lifeguard service. Parking is Pay & Display during peak months alongside the main road.</do>

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*<do name="Lido San Giuliano beaches" alt="Trapani's Main beach" address="Lungomare" directions="1km North of the centre" phone="" url="http://www.lidomarausa.com/trapanibeach.htm" hours="" price="" lat="" long="">Trapani has two main beach areas. [[Marausa]] Lido and Lido San Giuliano. San Giuliano lies about 20 minutes walk from the busy city centre and many of the rental apartments. It features a couple of bars, changing rooms, sun-loungers, umbrellas and lifeguard service. Parking is Pay & Display during peak months alongside the main road.</do>

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*<do name="Marausa Lido beaches" alt="Trapani's larger beach resort" address="Marausa Lido, Marausa" directions="9km South of City Centre" phone="" url="http://wikitravel.org/en/Marausa" hours="" price="" lat="" long="">The other main beach resort is Marausa Lido about 9km south of Trapani and home to about 300 holiday homes, villas and apartments (some of which are rented out to tourists). There are restaurants, bars, supermarkets and bike hire shops - not to mention approximately 2.5km of free sandy beaches and free parking. There are some small sections of pay-to-use beach operated by two lido-bars who provide changing rooms, loungers, umbrellas, lifeguards, disco and children's play equipment.</do>

*<do name="Museo di Preistoria e del Mare" alt="Museum of Prehistory & the Sea" address="Torre di Ligny, via Torre di Ligny" directions="The lighthouse that sits out on the spit in the old part of town" phone="0923.547922" url="http://www.musei.it/sicilia/trapani/museo-di-preistoria-e-del-mare.asp" hours="" price="" lat="" long="">The museum is sited inside the seventeenth-century Tower of Ligny. The museum has two sections: the preserved prehistoric artifacts from the territory of Trapani (archaeological section) and objects discovered in the seabed: amphorae, anchors, ornaments of ancient Greek, Roman and Punic (sea section). The most significant piece is a helmet shell, dating from the first Punic War (241 BC). Visitors are also allowed out on the roof to enjoy the stunning views and splendid panorama of the Gulf of Trapani, overlooked by Mount Erice.</do>

*<do name="Museo di Preistoria e del Mare" alt="Museum of Prehistory & the Sea" address="Torre di Ligny, via Torre di Ligny" directions="The lighthouse that sits out on the spit in the old part of town" phone="0923.547922" url="http://www.musei.it/sicilia/trapani/museo-di-preistoria-e-del-mare.asp" hours="" price="" lat="" long="">The museum is sited inside the seventeenth-century Tower of Ligny. The museum has two sections: the preserved prehistoric artifacts from the territory of Trapani (archaeological section) and objects discovered in the seabed: amphorae, anchors, ornaments of ancient Greek, Roman and Punic (sea section). The most significant piece is a helmet shell, dating from the first Punic War (241 BC). Visitors are also allowed out on the roof to enjoy the stunning views and splendid panorama of the Gulf of Trapani, overlooked by Mount Erice.</do>

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*<do name="Museo del Sale" alt="The Salt Museum" address="Via Chiusa Nubia, Paceco" directions="" phone="0923.867142 " url="http://www.trattoriadelsale.com/mulino.html" hours="" price="" lat="" long="">A fully working salt pan and mill until the 1964 floods, the Museo Ristorante "Trattoria del Sale" is a semi-working museum that informs visitors about the age old Trapani tradition of salt production and refining. Preserved equipment and exhibitions depict how the job was done before the arrival of modern machinery. Attached is a small restaurant that makes use of the salt in its recipes.</do>

*'''Calvino''', Via N.Nasi, ''+39'' 0923 21464. Excellent pizza - you'll have to come early or book ahead if you want to eat in. The locals flock here for take-aways. One of the best pizza's you will ever taste...

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*'''Calvino''', Via N.Nasi, ''+39'' 0923 21464. Excellent pizza - you'll have to come early or book ahead if you want to eat in. The locals flock here for take-aways.

*<do name="Bed &amp; Breakfast Delle Palme" alt="" address="Via Luigi Capuana, 28" directions="" phone="+39 347 6089271" url="http://www.bbdellepalme.it" hours="" price="€25 - 80" lat="38.014329" long="12.538822">In a residential area of Trapani, a 5-minute drive from the center of the city and the sea. It offers free Wi-Fi, free bicycles, and rooms with a balcony.

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* '''Camere Enny Guest House Alcamo''' – Contrada San Gaetano, 16, Exit Alcamo Est - 91011 Alcamo (Trapani) Italy [http://www.camereenny.com/]. Telephone +39 0924 501983 • Fax +39 0924 1916046. The Camere Enny is a Sicilian guest house located in the town of Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, on the Bay of Castellamare, 44 miles away from Palermo. The 13 bedrooms of the Camere Enny can host up to five people. Available the private bath with the Hydro massage shower; plus the restaurant, wi-fi connection and private parking. Double Euros 79. Single 39.

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Each room is classically furnished, with tiled floors and wooden furniture. All rooms feature air conditioning and a private bathroom. Breakfast is a generous buffet.</do>

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* '''Crystal Hotel''', [http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/italy/trapani/nh-crystal.html] Piazza Umberto I, 91100, Tel. + 39 0923 20000, Fax: + 39 0923 25555. The hotel is a modern design and is in the city centre, next to the central station on the main road.

* '''Crystal Hotel''', [http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/italy/trapani/nh-crystal.html] Piazza Umberto I, Tel. + 39 0923 20000, Fax: + 39 0923 25555. The hotel is a modern design and is in the city centre, next to the central station on the main road.

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*<sleep name="Case Colomba" alt="" address="183 Toselli street" directions="trapani" phone="+390923852729" url="http://www.casecolomba.com" checkin="" checkout="" price="35-50" lat="" long="">Case Colomba - Buseto Palizzolo The house, which dates from the end of the nineteenth, is a old rustic style situated near Trapani.The geographical location makes it an ideal starting point for daytrips to numerous places. Italy Ecolabel Award 2006 for environment.</sleep>

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*<sleep name="Case Colomba" alt="" address="183 Toselli street" directions="" phone="+390923852729" url="http://www.casecolomba.com" checkin="" checkout="" price="€35-50" lat="" long="">The house, which dates from the end of the nineteenth, is a old rustic style situated near Trapani. The geographical location makes it an ideal starting point for daytrips to numerous places. Italy Ecolabel Award 2006 for environment.</sleep>

*Visit the Greek temple, theater, and ruins at [[Segesta]] on a day trip, or en-route to Palermo.

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*Visit the Greek temple, theatre, and ruins at [[Segesta]] on a day trip, or en-route to Palermo.

*The beaches of Scopello are not to be missed (featured at the end of the movie ''Ocean's Twelve'').

*The beaches of Scopello are not to be missed (featured at the end of the movie ''Ocean's Twelve'').

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*The long sandy beaches of Trapani and lido di [[Marausa|Marausa]] are within 1k and 10km of the town. There is a salt museum in Nubia on the way to [[Marausa|Marausa]], detailing the history of the salt pans in the area, and Trapani's important position on the 'Salt Road'.

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*The long sandy beaches of lido di Marausa [http://www.lidomarausa.com] and Trapani are within 9km and 1km of the town. There is a '''salt museum in Nubia''' on the way to [[Marausa]], detailing the history of the salt pans in the area, and Trapani's important position on the 'Salt Road'.

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* '''San Vito lo Capo, Zingaro Reserve, Scopello''', [http://www.occhioalboma.it/trips-a-excursions.html]. - Do not miss a boat sail trip along the coast in the Reserve of the Zingaro, Tonnara del Secco, San Vito lo Capo and tonnara Scopello.

Vincenzo Florio Airport (IATA: TPS) [13] also known as Trapani-Birgi Airport
The airport is served by Ryanair, Alitalia and Air One. Air One flies to Milan. Ryanair operate low cost routes direct to Trapani from Malta, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Poland, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Finland. Four Ryanair B737-800s are based in Trapani, meaning delays are shorter than average due to aircraft being based on site.

Trapani is the port for frequent boats and hydrofoils to Egadi Islands. Nightly boats (and hydrofoils in summer) also run to Pantelleria, with weekly (or so) ones to Tunis. See SIREMAR[15] and Ustica Lines[16]

The magnificent Basilica-Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Annunziata (also called Madonna di Tràpani) originally built in 1315-1332 and rebuilt in 1760. It houses a marble statue of the Madonna of Tràpani, which might be the work of Nino Pisano

The Baroque Palazzo della Giudecca 'or Casa Ciambra

The Fontana del Tritone (Triton's Fountain)

The Baroque Palazzo della Giudecca or Casa Ciambra

The Cathedral (1635)

The fine buildings on the main Corso Vittorio Emanuele

Enjoy the bustle of the port. See the Italians shouting and gesticulating as they load the large ferries to Tunis

The city is renowned for its Easter procession, I Misteri, when the town's guilds parade a groups of sculpted 17th century and 18th century religious statues through the streets in a procession lasting for 16 hours on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

Lido San Giuliano beaches (Trapani's Main beach), Lungomare (1km North of the centre), [1]. Trapani has two main beach areas. Marausa Lido and Lido San Giuliano. San Giuliano lies about 20 minutes walk from the busy city centre and many of the rental apartments. It features a couple of bars, changing rooms, sun-loungers, umbrellas and lifeguard service. Parking is Pay & Display during peak months alongside the main road.edit

Museo di Preistoria e del Mare (Museum of Prehistory & the Sea), Torre di Ligny, via Torre di Ligny (The lighthouse that sits out on the spit in the old part of town), ☎0923.547922, [3]. The museum is sited inside the seventeenth-century Tower of Ligny. The museum has two sections: the preserved prehistoric artifacts from the territory of Trapani (archaeological section) and objects discovered in the seabed: amphorae, anchors, ornaments of ancient Greek, Roman and Punic (sea section). The most significant piece is a helmet shell, dating from the first Punic War (241 BC). Visitors are also allowed out on the roof to enjoy the stunning views and splendid panorama of the Gulf of Trapani, overlooked by Mount Erice.edit

Museo del Sale (The Salt Museum), Via Chiusa Nubia, Paceco, ☎0923.867142, [4]. A fully working salt pan and mill until the 1964 floods, the Museo Ristorante "Trattoria del Sale" is a semi-working museum that informs visitors about the age old Trapani tradition of salt production and refining. Preserved equipment and exhibitions depict how the job was done before the arrival of modern machinery. Attached is a small restaurant that makes use of the salt in its recipes.edit

Bed & Breakfast Delle Palme, Via Luigi Capuana, 28, ☎+39 347 6089271, [6]. In a residential area of Trapani, a 5-minute drive from the center of the city and the sea. It offers free Wi-Fi, free bicycles, and rooms with a balcony. Each room is classically furnished, with tiled floors and wooden furniture. All rooms feature air conditioning and a private bathroom. Breakfast is a generous buffet.€25 - 80. (38.014329,12.538822)edit

Crystal Hotel, [18] Piazza Umberto I, Tel. + 39 0923 20000, Fax: + 39 0923 25555. The hotel is a modern design and is in the city centre, next to the central station on the main road.

Case Colomba, 183 Toselli street, ☎+390923852729, [7]. The house, which dates from the end of the nineteenth, is a old rustic style situated near Trapani. The geographical location makes it an ideal starting point for daytrips to numerous places. Italy Ecolabel Award 2006 for environment.€35-50. edit

Egadistar Apartments, Largo Franchi 8, [10]. A self catering accommodation that sleeps up to 5, rich of amenities and everything you need; At walking distance to the Beaches, Shopping, terminal busedit

Erice is well worth a visit. Regular buses go to this nearby precipitous hilltop town, but the best way to get there is by the new cable-car. Wander around and soak in the atmosphere.

The Egadi islands (Favignana, Levanzo e Marettimo) are very close and well worth a visit, with their wonderful beaches and bays.

San Vito Lo Capo is a wonderful beach 40 km from Trapani, with white sand and crystal blue sea.

Visit the Greek temple, theatre, and ruins at Segesta on a day trip, or en-route to Palermo.

The beaches of Scopello are not to be missed (featured at the end of the movie Ocean's Twelve).

The long sandy beaches of lido di Marausa [20] and Trapani are within 9km and 1km of the town. There is a salt museum in Nubia on the way to Marausa, detailing the history of the salt pans in the area, and Trapani's important position on the 'Salt Road'.

San Vito lo Capo, Zingaro Reserve, Scopello, [21]. - Do not miss a boat sail trip along the coast in the Reserve of the Zingaro, Tonnara del Secco, San Vito lo Capo and tonnara Scopello.